For 75 years, 抖阴旅行射 Boulder has been a leader in space exploration and innovation. We travel to space to monitor sea level rise, melting ice, weather patterns and more. Our researchers explore how to track and remove dangerous debris in space. We research the health of humans in space to inform medical applications for people on Earth.听Learn more about the latest in space research and science at 抖阴旅行射 Boulder.

a spiral galaxy surrounded by the circumgalactic medium

鈥榃asteful鈥 galaxies launch heavy elements into surrounding halos and deep space, 抖阴旅行射-Boulder study finds

June 6, 2016

Galaxies 鈥渨aste鈥 large amounts of heavy elements generated by star formation by ejecting them up to a million light years away into their surrounding halos and deep space, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder.

Some comets are like couples: They break up, then make up

June 1, 2016

For some comets, breaking up is not that hard to do. A new study led by Purdue University and 抖阴旅行射-Boulder indicates the bodies of some periodic comets 鈥 objects that orbit the sun in less than 200 years 鈥 may regularly split in two, then reunite down the road.

Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer

抖阴旅行射-Boulder-led MinXSS CubeSat to deploy from ISS, study sun鈥檚 soft X-rays

May 13, 2016

The bread loaf-sized Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, CubeSat will be deployed from an airlock on the International Space Station (ISS) at 4 a.m. MDT on Monday, May 16, beginning its journey into space where it will study emissions from the sun that can affect ground-based communications systems.

A 3-D animation created by NASA鈥檚 Scientific Visualization Studio using data from the MAVEN mission to Mars

MAVEN data used for award-winning NASA Scientific Visualization Studio video

May 11, 2016

A 3-D animation created by NASA鈥檚 Scientific Visualization Studio using data from the MAVEN mission to Mars is the corporate winner of the inaugural Data Stories video contest sponsored by Science magazine for videos that tell stories about data. The video explains how the solar wind is driving particles from the upper atmosphere of Mars into space, which may have caused the planet to dry out and cool over the eons.

 Enceladus, a moon of Saturn

The Jet Set: Understanding the plume shooting from a Saturn moon

May 5, 2016

First observed in 2005 by NASA鈥檚 Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, a plume shooting into space from cracks on the icy surface of Enceladus is coming from a subterranean, salty ocean beneath the moon鈥檚 surface. The latest observations by a team including 抖阴旅行射-Boulder Professor Larry Esposito indicate at least some of the narrow jets blast with increased fury when the moon is farther from Saturn.

View of earth from space

Grand Challenge expanded and enhanced by new projects

May 4, 2016

Six grants totaling $250,000 have been awarded to projects supporting 抖阴旅行射-Boulder鈥檚 Grand Challenge "Our Space. Our Future." which features two major initiatives 鈥 Earth Lab and Integrated Remote and In Situ Sensing Initiative (IRISS) 鈥 plus more than a dozen related projects.

The Cassini spacecraft next to Saturn

Saturn spacecraft samples interstellar dust

April 15, 2016

A new study led by the European Space Agency and NASA involving the University of Colorado Boulder indicates NASA's Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from beyond our solar system.

SpaceX Dragon capsule

抖阴旅行射-Boulder hardware to launch aboard SpaceX rocket April 8

April 7, 2016

High-tech hardware designed and built at the University of Colorado Boulder will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the commercial SpaceX Dragon capsule on Friday, April 8.

Mars

Early Mars bombardment likely enhanced life-supporting habitat

April 4, 2016

Comets and asteroids as large as West Virginia smacking into Mars some 4 billion years ago could have created a haven for life there not so long after the birth of the solar system.

抖阴旅行射-E3 satellite graduate student team members

Aerospace engineering students shoot for the moon and past it

March 21, 2016

A 抖阴旅行射-Boulder student team is shooting for the moon and beyond with a tiny satellite under development that has just taken another step closer to launch. As one of the top five teams selected by NASA, the team of 10 graduate students will continue developing a small CubeSat satellite about the size of a shoebox called the 抖阴旅行射 Earth Escape Explorer (抖阴旅行射-E3) with a $30,000 award from NASA.

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